Christopher was born on June 1st, 2006. He is the other half of his twin brother, Evan. Chris and Evan have an older brother, 5-year-old, Nate. Jenille and Jason run the Padua household.

From the day they were born and even in utero, we knew that Chris and Evan were unlike anything and anyone else including each other. Twins didn’t even run in the family – of course they were extraordinary. Chris was the one who barely moved. He stay head-down the whole time making sure that he was coming out first. Evan, on the other hand, was upside-down and right-side up every other week. Evan couldn’t care less who was first out.

Unsurprisingly, Chris was born first and Evan arrived 8 minutes thereafter. Chris came out screaming making it known that he was here; Evan gave a quick “Wah!” and that was it. Because the twins were a month early, they were placed in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at UC San Francisco for a week and here their personalities came alive.

Chris having the louder voice and more demanding demeanor, he reminds us of a military man being prompt and in order. He is unequivocal in his demands and he makes sure he doesn’t go unnoticed. We know that Chris’ feistiness could get him through anything and thus we dubbed him our “little fighter” in all of this.

His twin, Evan, is the complete opposite being a mellow, sleepy, happy-go-lucky baby. He didn’t care who held him, if he was wet, etc. As long as you were good, Evan was good. But I speak in the past tense, because Evan today is not Evan last year. He’s still a happy-go-lucky lil boy but now he makes sure he gets his voice heard because Chris will drown him out otherwise.

Christopher was diagnosed with Biliary Atresia in Sept 2006 at the age of 3 months when he came to the hospital with acholic stools and noticeble jaundice.

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Our Cause

With the cost of a transplant often exceeding $500,000, many transplant patients are unable to shoulder the financial burden of such a procedure. The Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) is a national charity dedicated to organizing and guiding communities in raising funds for transplant-needy patients. In San Francisco, volunteers are raising funds for transplant patients like local toddler Christopher Padua.

Born on June 1, 2006, Christopher was diagnosed with Biliary Atresia at 3 months of age, and doctors at UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco, California recommended a life-saving liver transplant. An estimated $40,000 is being raised by San Francisco volunteers.